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Yutaka Takahashi0
Shigeru Watanabe0
Tadashi Kasai0
Yasushi Koichi0
Bing Shu0
Koji Suzuki0
Mitsuo Aoki0
Date of Patent
June 16, 2009
0Patent Application Number
106507540
Date Filed
August 29, 2003
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Patent abstract
In an image forming apparatus configured to electrostatically transfer a toner image formed on an image carrier to a recording medium with image transferring means of the present invention, pressure is applied between the image carrier and the image transferring means. Toner is provided with relatively high hardness in accordance with the pressure beforehand. Image transfer is effected by reducing a potential difference between the image carrier and the recording medium while maintaining an electric field around the toner the same.
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